The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-16
LILLE HOYLE'S MURDER.
TIE TEIL OF MYSTERY SURROUNDING
1T As IMPENETRABLFt AZ EYER.
Nothinr OF Any vaiue Elected by the In.
quost-Mcst OF the supposed Ciues Proved
to be Creations OF the Imagination.

Nothing OF Any vaiue Elected by the In.
auest-Mest OF the supposed Ciues Proved
to be Creations OF the Imagination.
WORCESTER Oct l5.--District Attorney
Gaskell has left Webster. md 80 havo Detec.
tivcs Innes and Hayter, who have been at
work trying to lift tho veil Of mystery which
surrounds tho death OF pretty Lille Hoyle
The District Attorney talked very guardcdly
about tho evidence taken at tho investigation
but admitted that nothing Of any value has
been brought to the surface. There are.-
said he, "a dozen or moro little points. but
they are all OF equal Importance, and no one Of
thom Is Of any particular value"
One OF tho detectives said: Tho more we
work over the case tho moro mysterious it be-
comes. for one by one the little points which
have becn considered us having IN important
relation to the case have been shown to have
no relation to the mystery whatever. We are
absolutely without any starting point to-day
and about all tho Roadway We have been able
to mako Is to show the utter worthlessnoss of
the case e Is that Liie Hoyie is dead An at 81
tempt has been made even to throw discredit
accept It as ESTABLISHED by the clothing. The
body was not identified by any other means,
and Identification in any other way was an I'm.
yanced; Possibly the body was not that Of Lille
Hoyle. but believe II was her. The clothing
relatives are Of any value whatever. 1t would
net , have, been impossible for pa parties to put
probaSe as they ted nicely "y and wers a sr
ranged in perfect order. Some one with
cool head and an active brain Is concerned In
dence to show who he his or where he Is Time
may help us out. but 1t looks, very much as
in lhS hiding OF a clue by accient In invest.
eating one OF the many stories which are con.
sah h In Grcnlat9m meat q Them creations
street Is purely inaslSatvs .'s II she died
knowing to tho manner of her doath.
but all tracks nre so carefully and thoroughly
covered that there Is but one conclusion, md
facts, The story of screams being heard in tho
vicinity of patch OF woods on the banks otthe
q theory which Is upset by stubborn faets. for
the girls, shoes showed no signs Of dust or
whore the screams were said to have been
heard without such evidence being left, as
are her and
calitye Her clothing was not torn. and II she
had been dealt with so violently as to cause hor
she was too strong and robust to scream with.
out making struggle:
will be promptly resumed il there is the Slight.
out which viii be Of The slightest present Or
will be Of assistance in solving the mystery.
peculiar incident in connection with the
case Is tho fact that at about the time Lille
Hoyle Disappeared section gang on the
Branch" railroad passed the tracks OF car.
rage wheels extending for some distance on
tinued from near Webster Mills to APPOINT not
far from where the body was eventually found.
A. this point 1t seemed as though the vehicle
had been lifted bodily from the track. A neigh
boris wife also saw the tracks, and the reason
for their presence whore they were found is as
much mystery as everything connected with
tho tragedy. The Selectmen arc waiting for
the inquest to decide whether murder has
been committed before taking any action re-
garding the offer of a reward. The law says
they may" offer q reward Of. $500 for the
detection Of the criminal or criminals, but II
they wait until the inquest settles the question
as to whether murder was committed or not,
reward will not be offered for some time.
About the only thing the detectives are now
looking forward to with any degree OF hope Is
the result OF the analysis which is being made
of the contents Of the dead girls stomach. This
work was ntrusted to Prof. Wood Of Harvard
Medical School, Prof. Wood is man who puts
time and care into what he does. and he Is
Furthermore swamped with work. How soon
he Will be sblo to take the Witness stand and
not certain. It was expected, and he expected
himself, that he would be- ready by last Mon
day, but nothing has been heard from him
since. 1t is thought, however that he will DO
ready by the middle Of the coming week.